The last remaining survivors are fighting for reparations. City leaders are building a $30 million museum. Here s a look at how Tulsa is grappling with.
Nearly 100 years to the day after the destruction of homes and businesses in Black Wall Street, Viola Fletcher said she can "still smell smoke and see fire."
TULSA, Okla.
In the early days of Oklahoma’s statehood, an angry white mob fanned by rumors of a Black uprising burned a thriving African American community in the oil boomtown of Tulsa. Although the area was quietly rebuilt and enjoyed a renaissance in the years after the 1921 race massacre, the struggle among Black people over their place in the city didn’t end.
This month, local and state leaders will formally recognize and attempt to atone for the massacre, which claimed up to several hundred lives, with a series of ceremonies that includes a keynote address by national voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams. President Biden is also coming to the city, the White House announced. But Black Tulsans say that amid the kind words, efforts both direct and subtle still aim to curb their influence and withhold their fair share of power.
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